The WORST episodes of Beetlejuice

Every episode of Beetlejuice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beetlejuice!

Based on the movie, created by Tim Burton, this series is focused on Beetlejuice and Lydia teamed up to carry on multiple exciting adventures. Beetlejuice is a liar who cheats at everything. The deceased maniacal and energetic transformer always goes around having fun, breaking every rule and law. Lydia Deetz is a social outcast and a goth. Always dressed in black, she loves horror movies, and is Beetlejuice's best friend. She is calm and level-headed.

Last Updated: 10/23/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Scarecrow
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0.00
0 votes

#1 - Scarecrow

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice takes a job as a scarecrow at a beetle farm.

A-Ha!
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4.75
4 votes

#2 - A-Ha!

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Doomie disappears BJ becomes the famed Neitherworld detective Sherlock Homely in order to track him down.

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: J.D. Smith
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Back to School Ghoul
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5.00
3 votes

#3 - Back to School Ghoul

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1991

Beetlejuice's license to drive people crazy is revoked, as he didn't finish Kindergarten. Then, Lydia must help him out in order to graduate from Kindergarten and win his license back.

Spooky Boo-tique
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5.00
7 votes

#4 - Spooky Boo-tique

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1990

Lydia's creepy fashions gain the girls a spot in the Peaceful Pines Mondo Mall -- only no one's interested. So Mr. Beetleman sends a message over the airwaves...

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: Tony Marino
Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse
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6.00
1 votes

#5 - Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice hosts a morbid Pee-wee's Playhouse-esque children's show.

Brides of Funkenstein
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6.00
1 votes

#6 - Brides of Funkenstein

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1991

It's the Battle Of the Bands: Lydia's band, The Brides of Funkenstein, and Clare's band, The Clarenettes. Which band will get to perform at the annual girl's/boy's school mixer?

The Really Odd Couple
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6.33
3 votes

#7 - The Really Odd Couple

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Beetlejuice blows up the Monster Across the Street's house, he is obligated to take the Monster and Poopsie in (or Jacques and Ginger will rat him out). Desperate to rid himself of his unwanted roommates, BJ even tries rebuilding the Monster's house for him -- only to find out that the Monster likes the Roadhouse! What will BJ do?

Recipe for Disaster
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6.33
3 votes

#8 - Recipe for Disaster

Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/1/1991

Lydia's Caesar salad comes to life and attempts to take over the Neitherworld with his legion of surly vegetables. Can BJ and Lydia usurp Caesar and get the rightful rulers of Aroma back on the throne?

Goody Two Shoes
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6.33
3 votes

#9 - Goody Two Shoes

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/10/1991

It's 'Good Neighbor Day' in the Neitherworld, when being nice is a law. Of course, BJ won't stand for it, and causes trouble...which lures in Goody Two Shoes, a Fairy from the Bureau of Sweetness and Prissiness (BSnP). With a wave of her wand, Goody turns everyone into denizens of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood--what a fate!

Doomie's Romance
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6.50
2 votes

#10 - Doomie's Romance

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1991

Doomie falls in love with the Mayor's pink car (which Doomie dubs 'Pinky'). The down side is, Pinky isn't alive like Doomie. Besides that, both Beetlejuice and Mayor Maynot are adamantly against the relationship. How can this story possibly have a happy ending?

Mom's Best Friend
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6.50
2 votes

#11 - Mom's Best Friend

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1991

When Beetlejuice is collared while in dog form, he gets stuck that way. Lydia calls him to the Outerworld where Delia promptly adopts him as the dog she always wanted.

It's the Pits
star
6.89
9 votes

#12 - It's the Pits

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/1989

Beetlejuice makes it big as an armpit musician, and throws his friends out in the cold.

Don't Beetlejuice and Drive
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7.00
2 votes

#13 - Don't Beetlejuice and Drive

Season 4 - Episode 57 - Aired 11/26/1991

BJ and Doomie are caught distributing phony driver's licenses and sent to traffic school. But BJ's got a plan to escape, and winds up as...a hero?

The Birdbrain of Alcatraz
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7.00
1 votes

#14 - The Birdbrain of Alcatraz

Season 4 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/12/1991

Scuzzo frames Beetlejuice for stealing bad jokes, and gets him sent to The Big House. It's up to Lydia to gather up the evidence she needs to spring Beetlejuice--and then to get the Governor to listen to her story. Meanwhile, BJ copes with afterlife under the disturbingly nurturing watch of Warden June Cleaver.

In the Schticks
star
7.00
1 votes

#15 - In the Schticks

Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 10/31/1991

When Beetlejuice and Lydia pull a scam, Lydia gets sentenced to washing dishes at The Last Resort Resort on the River Schticks. Beetlejuice, haunted by memories of his Uncle Sid and Aunt Irma, who used to take him to the Last Resort Resort when he was a baby, rushes to Lydia's rescue. Can they survive the awful jokes that abound everywhere on the River Schticks?

A Star is Bored
star
7.00
1 votes

#16 - A Star is Bored

Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 10/28/1991

Beetlejuice becomes the Neitherworld's grossest movie star, and finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Lydia then has to help him back into poverty by ""cleaning up his act.""

Cabin Fever
star
7.00
1 votes

#17 - Cabin Fever

Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/18/1991

After spending all day curing Lydia of her measles, Beetlejuice gets Cabin Fever--and then is quarantined to the Roadhouse. How can Lydia help BJ get over Cabin Fever if they can't go outside? They'll think of something!

The Miss Beauty-Juice Pageant
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7.00
1 votes

#18 - The Miss Beauty-Juice Pageant

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/1/1991

Beetlejuice wants to enter the First Neitherworld Beauty Pageant (the prize is a Ton O' Cash), but is turned down because he's a man. Determined to win the prize, BJ launches a ""Men Are Beautiful Too"" campaign, closely followed by a ""Disgusting Is Beautiful Too"" campaign. Finally, the pageant is opened to everybody. But if everybody is in the pageant, who's left to even watch it?

Spitting Image
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7.00
3 votes

#19 - Spitting Image

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1991

When BJ gets split while in amoebae form, Lydia suddenly finds herself in double the weirdness as usual. And it just goes to prove that no one can get along with Beetlejuice, not even himself.

Scare and Scare Alike
star
7.00
4 votes

#20 - Scare and Scare Alike

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1990

It's Scary Fool's Day in the Neitherworld and Beetlejuice and Lydia are trying to outdo each other.

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Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice
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7.10
10 votes

#21 - Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/21/1989

Beetlejuice's neighbours kick him out, so he tries to be a 'good neighbour.' But unfortunately, Beetlejuice's idea of a good neighbour isn't quite the same one his friends have. It looks like Beetlejuice is out of a place to stay-until he proves to the others that there is one thing that he's good for.

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Stage Fright
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7.20
25 votes

#22 - Stage Fright

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/30/1989

Miss Shannon's school is putting on Romeo and Juliet, and Lydia tries out for the part of Juliet. But Clare wants it too and sabotages Lydia's audition. For revenge, Lydia becomes the costume designer and designs a costume she knows Clare will hate-but Beetlejuice's got other plans for revenge.

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: Doug Molitor
Raging Skull
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7.24
33 votes

#23 - Raging Skull

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1991

Jacques tries to achieve his afterlife-long dream of becoming Mr. Neitherworld, with one obstacle: namely, Armhold Musclehugger, the current reigning King of Fitness. How can someone with no muscles possibly compete with someone built like a Greek god?

Sore Feet
star
7.25
4 votes

#24 - Sore Feet

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/1991

Beetlejuice's feet decide they aren't being treated right and strike out on their own. BJ must find them before they get themselves in trouble.

How Green is My Gallery
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7.25
4 votes

#25 - How Green is My Gallery

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/1991

Delia's art is a flop in Peaceful Pines, so Delia and BJ decide to take her to a Neitherworld art colony, where her art will be truly appreciated. But with the good comes the bad!